Operations and Maintenance Technician (Onsite)
About The Position
Raytheon is seeking an Operations and Maintenance Technician to operate and maintain national security mission system critical infrastructure. This hands-on role involves troubleshooting complex equipment and resolving technical challenges in a collaborative, mission-focused environment. The position is onsite at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado. The role supports 24/7 operations as required and follows 12-hour rotating shifts. Employees work four consecutive shifts followed by four days off, rotating through three four-day day-shift rotations and then three four-day night-shift rotations, repeating throughout the year. The schedule includes days, nights, weekends, and holidays. The work may involve indoor and outdoor settings, climbing ladders, antenna structures, and elevated work platforms, and handling equipment weighing up to 50 pounds. An active and transferable TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly is required before starting, and U.S. citizenship is required.
Requirements
- Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 2 years of prior engineering experience or equivalent experience.
- Experience performing maintenance, operations, or field service in complex technical environments, such as RF systems, satellite communications, large mechanical systems, or industrial equipment.
- An active and transferable TS/SCI CI Poly U.S. government-issued security clearance is required prior to the start date.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience following Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), electrical safety, OSHA requirements, and established safety procedures.
- Experience operating hand tools, power tools, precision measuring instruments, and electronic test equipment such as digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, or RF test equipment.
- Experience documenting maintenance activities, equipment status, troubleshooting actions, and technical records according to established procedures.
- Experience working with rotating equipment, servo systems, motors, gearboxes, drive systems, or large mechanical assemblies.
Responsibilities
- Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on national security mission system critical infrastructure.
- Monitor system performance and respond to equipment anomalies, failures, and environmental impacts, including weather-related events, to restore operational capability.
- Maintain configuration control by accurately documenting equipment changes and verifying hardware and software baselines.
- Support 24/7 operations as required, including rotating shifts, emergency response, and on-call assignments when necessary.
- Safely ascend and work at heights using ladders, antenna structures, and elevated work platforms.
- Handle equipment weighing up to 50 pounds and perform physically intensive tasks in indoor and outdoor settings.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance available to eligible applicants.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term disability.
- Long-term disability.
- 401(k) match.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Employee assistance program.
- Employee Scholar Program.
- Parental leave.
- Paid time off.
- Holidays.
- Applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs; payments are not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
